Transportation load and method of preparing the same



Sept. 9, 1947. 2,427,279'

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6 Claims.'

This invention relates to a transportation load and method of preparingthe same and is especially adapted for heavy strips, deformed bars andlike material, which are longer than a railway car. essary to resort towhat is known as double or triple car loading in which an empty car isin.- serted in the train, the long material from a loaded car projectingover the empty car. Inpreparing such loads it is necessary to so loadthe car that the load will be solidly held together, will not shift intransit, and will be in units of a size that can -be handled by both theshipper and the receiver. It should be easy to put the blocking andthestripping in place and remove it without damaging the car ormaterial. Formerly the load was fastened to the floor byy long boltswhich passed through holes in the floor and to Which nuts werescrewed'beneath the car. To insure that these bottom nutsy did not comeoil` it was necessary to burr fthethreads on the loWer ends of the boltsand this made it diflicult to unload the car.

It is an object of this invention to prepare the load so that the carwill not be damaged.

Another Object is to prepare the load so that the mini-mum of time,labor and material is required.

A still further object is to use a bundle of bjects which is shorterthan the car length to act as an anchor for holding down the oversizedbundle.

These and ,other` objects Will be more apparent after referring to thefollowing specication and attached drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan View of the load;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on `the line 4II-II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line III- III of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line V-V of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 2indicates a loaded rail- Way car which is positioned against a car 4over which the load extends. In loading the car, cross timbers 6 arenailed to the floor 8 of the car 2 and a bundle I6 of objects shorterthan the car, securely strapped together as a unit with strap-s I2, isthen positioned lengthwise along the center of the car on the crosstimbers 6. A long cross timber I4 is then positioned across the walls ofthe car at the end adjacent the car 4 and a sepa- In shipping this longmaterial it is necrator timber I l is positioned 0n top of bundle Ill atthe opposite end of the car. A bundle I8 of objects longer than the carsecurely strapped together as a unit with straps 20 is then positionedin the car 2 on top of the long cross timber I4 and separator I5 withits end extending out over empty car 4. A built-up separator 22 is theninsorted between bundles I0 and I8 above the center timber 6. As bestshown in Figures 2y and 5, this separator 22 consists of a top piece 24which is fastened to a bottom piece 26 by means of uprightsrZB. Thediagonal pieces 3l! strengthen the assembly. The bundle I8 is thenstrapped securely to cross timber I4 b-y means of strap 32, which passesover the bundle i8 and down around the cross timber I4 at each side ofthe bundle. Straps 34 arethen stretched around the bundles I0 and I8,close to timber I4, drawn taut and clamped. Similar straps 34 are alsoclamped around the bundles I@ and I8 adjacent the separators I6 and 22'after which bottom cleats 36 are wedged between the bo-ttom bundle Illand the car side walls 33 and spiked to the cross timbers Eto preventtransverse movement of the bottom bundlev I0. Cleats 40, which are inthe form of a parallelograni, are wedged between the bundle I8 and sidewalls 38 and spiked solidly to cross timber I4 to yprevent transversemovement of the topbundle While one embodiment of the invention has beenshown and described, it will Ybe apparent that other adaptations andmodifications may bemade without departing from the scope of the.following claims.

Iclaim:` 1. The method of preparing a transportation loadiof heavymetallic strips or the like which are shorter than the car and otherheavy metallic strips or ythe like which are longer than the car fortransit in a railway gondola car which method comprises fastening spacedapart cross timbers to the licor of the car, fastening the short stripstogether to form a bundle, laying the bunde longitudinally of the car onthe cross timbers, positioning a long cross timber across the Walls ofthe car at one end, placing a separator on top of the short bundle atthe other end of the car, fastening the long strips together to form abundle, laying the long bundle longitudinally on top of the long crosstimber and separator with its end extending from the car at the endhaving the long cross timber, placing a separator between the bundles atthe center of the car, and fastening the long bundle to the short bundleat the cross timbers by means of straps around the bundles.

2. The method of preparing a transportation load of heavy metallicstrips or the like which are shorter than the car and other heavymetallic strips or the like which are longer than the car for transit ina railway gondola car which method comprises fastening spaced apartcross timbers to the floor of the car, fastening the short stripstogether to form a bundle, laying the bundle longitudinally of the caron the cross timbers, positioning a long cross timber across the wallsof the car at one end, placing a separator on top of the short bundle atthe other end of the car, fastening the long strips together to form abundle, laying the long bundle longitudinally on top of the long crosstimber and separator Vwith its end extending from the car at the endhaving the long cross timber, placing a separator between the bundles atthe center of the car, fastening the long bundle to the short bundle atthe cross timbers by means of straps around the bundles, and wedgingcleats between the sides of the car and the bundles.

3. The method of preparing a transportation load of heavy metallicstrips or the like which are shorter than the car and other heavymetallic strips or the like which are longer than the car for transit ina railway gondola car which method comprises fastening spaced apartcross timbers to the floor of the car, fastening the short stripstogether to form a bundle, laying the bundle longitudinally of the caron the cross timbers, positioning a long cross timber across the wallsof the car at one end, placing a separator on top of the short bundle atthe other end of the car, fastening the long strips together to form abundle, laying the long bundle longitudinally on top of the long crosstimber and separator with its end extending from the car at the endhaving the long cross timber, placing a separator between the bundles atthe center of the car, fastening the long bundle to the long crosstimber, fastening the long bundle to the short bundle at the crosstimbers by means of straps around the bundles, and wedging cleatsbetween the sides of the car and each of the bundles at each end of thecar.

4. A transportation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which areshorter than a gondola railway car having `cross timbers fastened to thefloor thereof Yand other heavy metallic strips or the like which arelonger than the car, which load comprises a bundle of the short stripsresting on the cross timbers, a long cross timber 55 resting on thesidewalls of the car at one end, a separator on the short bundle at theother end of the car, a separator on the short bundle between the longcross timber and first named separator, a bundle of the long stripsresting on the long cross timber and separator with its end extendingfrom the car at the end having the long cross timber, and straps aroundthe long and short bundles for fastening them together at the crosstimbers.

5. A transportation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which areshorter than a gondola railway car having cross timbers fastened to thefloor thereof and other heavy metallic strips or the like which arelonger than the car, which load comprises a bundle of the short stripsresting on the cross timbers, a long cross timber restng on thesidewalls of the car at one end, a separator on the short bundle at theother end of the car, a separator on the short bundle between the longcross timber and first named separator, a bundle of the long stripsresting on the long cross timber and separator with its end extendingfrom the car at the end having the long cross timber, means forfastening the long bundle to the long cross timber, and straps aroundthe long and short bundles for fastening them together at the crosstimbers.

6. A transporation load of heavy metallic strips or the like which areshorter than a gondola railway car having cross timbers fastened to thefloor thereof and other heavy metallic strips or the like which arelonger than the car, which load comprises a bundle of the short stripsresting on the cross timbers, a long cross timber resting on thesidewalls of the car at one end, a separator on the short bundle at theother end of the car, a separator on the short bundle between the longcross timber and first named separator, a bundle of the long stripsresting on the long cross timber and separator with its end eX- tendingfrom the car at the end having the long cross timber, means forfastening the long bundle to the long cross timber, straps around thelong and ,short bundles for fastening them together at the cross timbersand cleats between the sides of the car and each of the bundles at eachend of the car for preventing transverse movement of the load in thecar.

DON F. HEDGES.

REFERENCES CTED The following references are of record in the le of thispatent:Y

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,284,616 Hedges May 26, 19422,287,056 Owens June 23, 1942 OTHER REFERENCES Loading Rules, revised19.30, by American Railway Association, New York city. Figures 9 and 54.

